IMAGINE: A kiddie pool filled with black hot Java out in the desert. You take your shoes off and SLOWLY ease into the makeshift kettle of goodness. The aroma whisps of the pool are deep Columbian/Irish Cream scented as you drift away and rest your head underneath the surface for a little "sip". As you emerge for air, satisfied from the indulgent gulps, you notice the most beautiful women/men/unicorns beside you, smiling and holding a cinnamon stick in one hand and a can of non-dairy whipped topping in the other. Whence you begin to think that it couldn't get any better and you'd sell your unborn child for just one more insatiable drip from the magical cocoa bean, you see Dale (COFFEE CAMP Manager, Good Guy Extradionaire) walking towards you grinning ear from ear and carrying a coffee bong, loaded with 2 fluid liters of Nescafe Classico Supreme, and from your right, Jeremy (COFFEE CAMP Head Chef, Humanitarian Extremidus) laughing while saying "Hey, (FILL IN YOUR NAME HERE), I just got this new roast made with Strawberry Liquor and Honeysuckle, want to give it a spin?". You close your eyes and squeeze out a solitary glistening tear shaped drop of serenity. Under your breath, you whisper, "Oh thank you, (FILL IN YOUR DEITIES NAME HERE), thank you!!!"

COFFEE CAMP: "The Social Hub of the Uncivilized World"
"Remember- Drink coffee...it's for your own good"
"DRINK IT!"
"...it's only just begun."
"To Percolate & Serve."

Depending on what coffee snobs you talk to about it the optimum brewing temp is anywhere from 185 to 205 degrees. So...with that in mind I think someone's been smoking the crack pipe instead of drinking the coffee on this one. Oh wait, he did mention unicorns and considered Nescafe to have a "premium" product, it's obvious the hallucinations are well underway.

K-IV
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Thank you for over 7 years of eplaya memories. I have asked Emily Sparkle to delete my account and I am gone. Goodbye and Goodluck to all of you! I will miss you!

Enemas, no apostrophe. nit nit pick pick. But then you know that about me I should hope. The apostrophe thing, not the enema thing. Yes, yes sentence fragments are alright but the damned apostrophes drive me nuts; I am a grammar hypocrite.

HISTORY: COFFEE CAMP was formed and appeared at BM' 04, and had a great week serving endless pot after pot of hot caffeinated beverages, and it soon became the local blocks morning meeting spot for people just waking up, or others just coming back from a night on the town. The camp next went to The Phoenix Festival in 2005 (Washington, smaller Humanity/Arts camping, 2,000+ people), where it was registered as a Theme Camp, and served a rough estimate (give/take) 25 gallons of coffee. Since then, we have been enlightened and informed of various other caffeine spectrums (tea, hot chocolate, etc.), and more importantily, of having non-dairy flavorings (soy milk, cream substitutes) on hand. The idea of registering as a Theme Camp at BM o6' is tempting, but the problematic paradigm presents itself as such:
1.) There are 3 camp members.
2.) Getting demolished by 10,000 coffee drinkers.
3.) the negative impact it may have on The Center Cafe.
With all these considerations listed, we have chose to be Officially Unofficial as a site, but will keep posted on proposed location as the event nears (The past has always been at about 7:45 and third street back from the Esplanade). We look forward to seeing you at our caffeinated oasis here in about 7 months!

CLARKcon wrote:3.) the negative impact it may have on The Center Cafe.

An anti-commerce initiative targeting Center Camp? I had no idea that 's what this was about. That changes things...time to go back and reread the thread again. And flavoring alternatives too? Interesting. Very much so.

yo i seem to remeber a crew called the Fremen Spice Traders, who made it their express mission to rock into centre camp with vast steaming vats of free coffee.... for which they were much loved.

furthermore, since the BMorg wont release details on how much money the Cafe makes, why not just assume that they are so filthy rich that even an army of coffee providers wont make a dent in their Carlisle Group-like budget?

Nice job SpaceCase! 3,000 espresso shots? That's insane! Tha't enough caffeine to kill a small elephant! We'll have to keep in contact with proposed locations incase either or need backup reinforcments of Java/water to provide to the populus. Keep up the good work!

I just have to make a comment about this:
The Award for Most Unwarranted Abuse of Caffeine goes to:
Folger's/ Similiar product coffee single serving bags...
At the Phoenix Festival in 2005, we were making mad amounts of coffee night/day. We ran out on the Saturday night, hence, we still had Sunday morning to go. This was very disturbing, but the next morning a very nice visitor donated 2- 40 packet boxes of the single servings to our camp. Seeing the A.M. wave of neighbors coming down the trail, made a last-ditched effort to make it through the morning: dumped 2 1/2 gallons of water in the pot and starting ripping out single packets and emptied the boxes. With the morning caravan settling in and conversing, I laddled out the first sip to see what we were working worth. I almost threw up. It was quite honestily one of the most putrid tastes, and I think it had something to do with the coffee-ground to coffee-filter paper ratio, as they weigh about the same, and pH balance of the paper. I could barely bring myself to actually serving it, as it was just above the acceptable, consumable level. I gritted my teeth, thought "F-it", and poured in a WHOLE bunch of sugar and creamer to compensate. No one else seemed to notice, and they drank happily. But I knew- and promised myself, "Never again". If there is anyone who enjoys the packets, I'm sorry. But seriously, I'd rather go without than trying the in-case-of-emergency scenario again.BlAuugh!

Right on, mars! Thanks for the encouragement. I'm thinking about the logistics/schematics of it more and more (how much coff/water to bring). I even started sketching some ideas for a cheap art car/ATV design to be able to transport thermos's. Will have to see how it developes !

Nice, Chai. Yeah, the other idea was to get like a nice Schwinn Trike- something with a large basket on the back to carry the java, and also to get ice. Here in a couple months I'll start careening the yardsales/bike shops.

One year my wife and I brewed up( with the help of Mr. coffee) a bunch of pots to hand out to fellow campers.. I held the pots and she had a tray with all the fixings.. BTW we don't drink the stuff.
The funnest part was heading over to the bank of potties early in the morning. The look of the faces as we handed out the hot drink was priceless.

P.S. Were going to be in your neck Oregon this summer.. Wallowa Lake.
Love that place..

About the logistics stuff----- for our 3000 shots of espresso served, we went thru about 18 pounds of coffee (we took 24 pounds of french roasted beans) and 40 gallons of water. We took nine 5 gallon jugs and brought one home. We had more coffee left over than water, It takes more water than you think.

We are also recruiting a few baristas to help this year....... Partly cuz we expect to serve more this year........more water needed.

Don't worry about center camp, they get all the business they can handle and the more places to catch a buzz the better.

Holy smokes! That sounds like alot, but it also makes sense. Going to have to do some mathmatics. Last year at PF we took out 42 gallons of water, and left with a gallon to drink on the ride home. We live 10 miles from a Natural spring water bottling plant, costs about .50 cents a gallon. The more I think into it, this might be the first year to have to get a tow-along trailer! Will have to start trial and error on some recipes, too!

Nice, tisha2. Yeah, COFFEE CAMP would only shave off like .000067 of a percent of the cafe customers. We are going to have a meeting tonight in town about Theme Camp/Not theme camp. Either way, we'll be serving whoever's around us. Hope to talk to you in "The Bar" thread soon!